April 2023 – Māori Law Review

Paenga-whāwhā 2023 April – Contents

Te Kōti Mana Nui – Supreme Court

Pūnaha whakawā – criminal justice – sentencing – causative contribution of background – Berkland v R [2022] NZSC 143 - Oliver Fredrickson

Te Kōti Pīra – Court of Appeal

Injunction - right to occupy house - Nicholas v Te Amo [2023] NZCA 22 - Elizabeth Derby

Te Kōti Pīra Māori – Māori Appellate Court

2023 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Appellate Court judgments - index

Te Kōti Whenua Māori – Māori Land Court

Trusts - supply of information to beneficiaries - Nikora - Tuhoe - Te Uru Taumatua (2023) 292 Waiariki MB 6 (292 WAR 6) - Keeley Peachey

2023 Māori Land Court judgments - index

2022 Māori Land Court judgments - index

Pūnaha whakawā – criminal justice – sentencing – causative contribution of background – Berkland

Berkland v R

Supreme Court [2022] NZSC 143

7 December 2022

The Supreme Court's decisions in this case address the relevance of causative contributions from an offender's background in sentencing for serious criminal offending . The appellants, Mr Berkland and Mr Harding, were sentenced for various offences related to their involvement in separate large-scale methamphetamine operations in New Zealand.

Download Berkland v R (459 KB PDF).

Trusts – supply of information to beneficiaries – Nikora

Nikora - Tuhoe - Te Uru Taumatua

(2023) 292 Waiariki MB 6 (292 WAR 6)

24 March 2023

Application to compel trustees to supply information to trust beneficiaries.

Download Nikora - Tuhoe - Te Uru Taumatua (202 KB PDF).

Injunction – right to occupy house – Nicholas

Nicholas v Te Amo

Court of Appeal [2023] NZCA 22

16 February 2023

Successful appeal from a Māori Appellate Court decision upholding a Māori Land Court decision to grant an injunction prohibiting the appellant from occupying a house on a block of Māori freehold land known as Te Tuturi C.

Download Nicholas v Te Amo (300 KB PDF).